Talk:Papadam

Papar confusion disambiguation needed
The synonym 'papar' has been added to this article. However, WP has an article Papar, which therefore requires a disambiguation page - is anyone able to do this - time is too short for me, just now. - Ballista 04:02, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Singulars, Plurals, Plurals of Plurals?!?
Would somebody please straighten-out this business of singulars and plurals?!?!
 * The papadum (singular: papad) is….
 * Papadums are….

Really, that's quite awful, one way or another! —SlamDiego 04:59, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Images
Those images ar enot even poppadums, they look more like chapatis and probably are. Perhaps some effort should be made to get some good images of poppadums. Ekantik talk 17:37, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, they are roasted rather than deep-fried so they aren't warped the same way. But they are papads as you can see by all those tiny bubbles and to me they look rigid like papads, unlike chapatis, should be. (I like to put them in a hot oven for a couple of seconds myself -- no greasy fingers that way ;-)). --85.127.112.24 08:38, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * The two photos "Image:Roasting Papad.jpg" and "Image:Stack of papadums.jpg" are ones that I took myself, and I can verify that they are indeed papads. --Oskay 17:40, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Slur?
A paragraph explaining the term's use as an ethnic slur has disappeared without explanation. That's fine, if it's not regularly used/was only used once in the Celebrity Big Brother racism controversy, but if it has become a normal (though regrettable) part of the language, it should be documented. That and other lost content should probably be reconciled w/the current article: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Papadum&diff=257465958&oldid=163584270 MrZaius  talk  02:33, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

What about Papadum Subji
crushed papadums mixed in with subji (and cumin rice) is a really popular dish (mainly in India, but also other parts of the world...I am in Australia)

The Sharminator (talk) 04:42, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

So which is it?
Papadum or papadam? I came here to find out and ended up more confused. 67.80.80.82 (talk) 14:18, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
 * If you look at the Hindi version of the word used in the article, it is pronounced as "paa-pa-dum". How you transliterate that varies. In South India, the pronunciation approximates to "pup-pa-dum", and in the case of the word papad the pronunciation in India is "paa-pud". Because of people transliterating this differently, the spelling tends to go all over the place. In the UK, for example, the spelling "poppadum" or "poppadom" is often used, which you would never see in India. In India, "papadam" is commonly used, but "papadum" is not incorrect - it's just a different transliteration. lone_twin (talk) 12:00, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

"See Also" section
Why does this article link to chicharrón (fried Spanish pork rinds) and vice versa? I can't see what these dishes have in common whatsoever. Not ingredients, preparation, cultural significance or area of consumption. --Hauddum (talk) 09:20, 3 April 2017 (UTC)


 * if ANY Hispanic origin food should be linked there it should be the "tortilla"/"toastada" 2603:9000:6CF0:3B30:B021:3F37:D084:25FA (talk) 18:21, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

The main article should be "papad", and "papadum" should redirect to "papad"
The article should be "papad", which is clearly the dominant romanized spelling across India. The "papadum" spelling is used in only a few geographies like Andhra and the UK and Australia. Even an ngram search bears this out massively. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.243.124.251 (talk) 07:45, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Bangladesh?
The article refers to Bangladesh, but I cannot recall ever eating them in that country. Does anyone have any experience of Bangladeshi papad/papadom? 194.73.114.247 (talk) 14:41, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

PompadomOverlordnat1 (talk) 12:47, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
Could someone who knows more about editing wiki articles than me add the fact that ‘pompadom’ is a widespread (if incorrect) spelling and pronunciation please?

Examples of this are the song by Apache Indian “Chok There”, the piece of music called “pompadom” by the artist Tony Coe on the album “Bread is you only friend”, Jade Goodie’s use of the term (she didn’t pronounce it as ‘poppadom’ or ‘papadam’) and the fact that there is an Indian restaurant in London called ‘Pompadom’

Overlordnat1 (talk) 12:47, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

I’m glad to see that someone included the Odisha variant ‘pampada’ in the article, this makes me wonder if this is where the ‘pompadom’ variant comes from. I’m the person who created the ‘pompadom’ article for Wiktionary and added the quotes as sources of the word. At the risk of being accused of original research, bias and relaying mere anecdotes, this is how my mum always says the word.Overlordnat1 (talk) 20:08, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

Have the primary page name as "Papad" as per WP:COMMONNAME
As someone already pointed out, we should have the main article as "Papad" as per WP:COMMONNAME, and redirect the regional versions like papadum redirected to "Papad". Iamsammax90 (talk) 19:39, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

In the uk they are universally called poppadoms. As the UK is the largest consumer of indian food outside of the subcontinent and indian food is the most popular food in the UK does this deserve a mention? As i understand it pappadam is an American spelling and the US isnt really into indian food so why does their spelling take precedent? 2A00:23C7:5AD0:8F01:5F71:969D:9739:7E25 (talk) 23:32, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Spelling
In the UK they are universally called poppadoms. As the UK is the largest consumer of indian food outside of the subcontinent and indian food is the most popular food in the UK does this deserve a mention? As i understand it pappadam is an American spelling and the US isnt really into indian food so why does their spelling take precedent? 2A00:23C7:5AD0:8F01:5F71:969D:9739:7E25 (talk) 23:34, 8 December 2023 (UTC)